Global Health Care Exchange's CentriMed Buy Adds E-Technology Platform
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Global Health Care Exchange's acquisition of privately held business-to-business e-procurement start-up CentriMed will provide the recently formed venture with a technology platform to allow integration of hospitals' electronic procurement systems with its own online marketplace for medical devices.
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